sootopia Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 G'day Raiders, Back in Sydney for Christmas so decided to visit some of the old haunts .... 2 meter southerly so most ledges were out of the question so paid a visit to a sneaky spot out of the swell off barrenjoey head. Bit of a late start after devouring left over Christmas feast... decided to fish the run out to run in tide. Climbed down to the spot around 3pm, sent out some old squid and a pillie tail then it was time to rustle up some liveys. Water fairly murky after the rain and no yakkas out to play. Slow day, first fish around 5:30pm a legal bream on a pillie strip....desperate times so he becomes a strip bait which works surprisingly well Fish No 2. a small soapie around 55 cm on bream fillet! back he goes to grow...now where's his big brother hiding! Pity about the new size limits i actually prefer the 60+ sized fish a much more manageable size for the table Getting really desperate for some live bait before dark and finally manage a few chopper tailor on sunset Live baits out at dusk. Really quiet for the next 2 hours, only a few small bream. Changed over to some tailor strips on the small rod to try pick up some bream and typically.... end up hooking up a decent fish on the light gear! After about 15 mins of blistering runs manage to land this fella, gut hooked and bleeding like crazy so poor candidate for a release, looks to be the last Jewie for 2014 ! Measured up at 100cm on the dot and just over 8kg, fairly skinny for his size but heaps of fun on 10lb and a great way to end the year! Fished till the high, liveys ended up untouched...go figure! Sorry for the poor photos didnt have a better light... Merry Christmas all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scaffsta Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 Nice work mate. Tailor strips are gun bait on jews in that water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paikea Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 Pics are great, sounds as though you still had a good time. Cheers Paikea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schnapper Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 Love the jewie. Was it off the rocks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sootopia Posted December 30, 2014 Author Share Posted December 30, 2014 Yea mate off the western side of barrenjoey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldMateJon Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Great catch mate, never considered using bream fillets as bait! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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